| Computer Code: |
KNV |
Preferred Map Code: |
KNV |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Asbian Substage (CR)
— Brigantian Substage (CX) |
| Lithological Description: |
Basaltic lava flows, mostly subaerial but some subaqueous with associated hyaloclastite and pillows, interbedded with tuffs, sandstones, mudstones and limestones. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Conformable; at base of lowest basaltic lava flow. Locally the base is complex as a result of interdigitation with the uppermost part of the Sandy Craig Formation. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Conformable; at top of highest basaltic lava on tuff in transition to sediments of Pathhead or Lower Limestone Formation. |
| Thickness: |
400-500 m. |
| Geographical Limits: |
Around Kinghom on 1:10k sheet NT28NE, north of Burntisland on sheet NT28NW; extending northwards onto the southernmost parts of NT29SW and SE and westwards onto the easternmost part of NT18NE. |
| Parent Unit: |
Bathgate Group (BATH)
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| Previous Name(s): |
Burntisland Lavas [Obsolete Name and Code: Use KNV]
(-3503)
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| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Stratotypes: |
| Type Section |
Coastal section between Pettycur Harbour (Kinghorn) and Seafield Tower (between Kinghon and Kirkcaldy). |
| Reference(s): |
| MacGregor, A R, 1968. Fife and Angus Geology, an excursion guide. Scottish Academic Press, Edinburgh, p.248-253. |
| Gelkie, A. 1900. The geology of central and western Fife and Kinross. Memoir of the Geological Survey of Scotland, 53-76. |
| Dean, M T, Browne, M A E, Waters, C N, and Powell, J H. 2011. A lithostratigraphical framework for the Carboniferous successions of northern Great Britain (onshore). British Geological Survey Research Report RR/10/007. 165 pp. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
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S040
S032
S040
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